Elephants in The Room

These adorable ellies are the newest addition to our felt friends. We are in love with the small details like their curved trunks and braided tails. Make these felt elephants in different colors and give them as gifts or keep the cuteness all for yourself. How do you craft an elephant? One stitch at a time. We’ve listed out everything you need below to make this project so you don’t get stuck.

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Tools

Materials

Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt — Cloudy Day, Marble, Malachite, Misty Morning, and Blush
Embroidery Floss — DMC Dark Shell Grey (451), Light Steel Grey (318), Very Dark Grey Green (924), Medium Grey Green (926), and Ultra Light Dusty Rose (963)
2 Black Beads or Safety Eyes (6mm)
Polyester Fiber Fill — Lia Griffith Stuffie Puff

Steps

Gather the tools and materials.
Cut out the felt pieces according to the pattern.
Sew the felt cheeks and bead eyes to both sides of the elephant.
Sew down the trunk, and stuff with polyfil as you sew around the trunk.

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32 Comments

Kristy May 2, 2023 at 5:30pm

These are so cute! I love the little details like the tasseled tail and the curved trunk!
Do you think you could do a panda?

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1. Lia Griffith May 2, 2023 at 6:56pm
  
  We have a needle-felted panda. I am sure there will be a felt stuffie panda in the future. https://liagriffith.com/needle-felted-panda/
  
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JELENA ISAKOV January 10, 2022 at 5:02am

Hi, am I allowed to make and sell finished projects made from your SVG file?

Thanks

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1. Lia January 10, 2022 at 7:44am
  
  Hi, Jelena! We have a licensing program for our crepe paper flowers and frosted paper flowers, but all of our other projects are for personal use only.
  
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Sandra Schafer August 13, 2021 at 5:13pm

Just to let you know… the pdf material file and instructions are not the same as what is written above for the felt & floss. I think it needs to be updated. 🙂 Maybe I have the materials after all! LOL

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1. Lia Griffith August 14, 2021 at 6:18am
  
  Hi Sandra! This project is a few years old so the post has the most up-to-date information (linking to the felt & floss in our shop now that we carry it!) We’ll update the download asap 🙂
  
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Tessa Slade May 29, 2021 at 1:37am

Hello from Cape Town, South Africa!
I’m so glad that I found your website and joined this community – I’m new to felt crafts and had so much fun creating this elephant!
Thank you for creating and sharing these beautiful projects, I’m hooked!
Kind Regards, Tessa.

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1. Lia Griffith May 29, 2021 at 6:15am
  
  Hi Tessa, so glad to have you as part of our community!
  
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Lilly December 11, 2020 at 5:34pm

Hi, I am a real beginner… Instruction says sew part A and B for example for the trunk or any part really. In the video it goes so fast I can’t how it is sewed. I guess the sewing part that explain how to do each stitch is the most simple and is part of another beginner video ?

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1. Lia December 15, 2020 at 7:52am
  
  Hi Lilly! The whole project uses a blanket stitch (except for the blush cheeks) and the how-to is all found here: https://liagriffith.com/basic-embroidery-stitches/. Email us at hello@liagriffith.com if you’re still having trouble!
  
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Kristen Wilson December 6, 2020 at 1:59pm

Hi Lia, I was wondering what the right blade for the circuit maker was to cut felt.

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1. Lia December 7, 2020 at 7:39am
  
  The rotary blade works great with felt!
  
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Sai sree August 22, 2020 at 3:49am

Hi Leah
How can I purchase your product ? Would it be available in amazon ? Otherwise would it be shipped to India ? Cause I live in india…..I started watching all your videos and those were amazing and wonderful….so I thought I could purchase them……cause I can’t make such a beautiful crafts …..and thank you for all beautiful videos and posts …..and all the best ….. God bless you

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1. Lia August 24, 2020 at 11:00am
  
  Thank you for your compliment! However we only sell the templates and materials to make these projects, no finished products.
  
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Gayle November 13, 2019 at 2:35am

What are the dimensions for the elephant?

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1. Lia November 14, 2019 at 10:14am
  
  Hi Gayle,
  
  The elephants are about 6in x 4in 🙂
  
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Debbie Rawlins June 3, 2019 at 1:40pm

Hi,
I purchased the felt listed on your supplies and I believe the colors do not match the picture of the felt elephants on your site. Rainstorm and blue spruce are much more green than they appear on the site, but I attribute it to differential of colors on laptop, phone and desktop, but the purple felts are way darker and the castle felt appears more brown (olive even) than gray. Maybe I am mistaken, but is it possible other felts were used for the purple elephant? I purchased some more sheets in hope of getting something more similar because it’s lovely, but wanted to make you aware in the event that they are listed incorrectly.

Thanks,
Debbie

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1. Lia June 3, 2019 at 2:53pm
  
  Hi Debbie, thank you so much for your comment. The original colors we used for the elephants were discontinued on Benzie’s site, so we chose the next best options. However we just updated the links to a new (to us) felt source with the same colors as the original project 🙂
  
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Mary McCarthy April 17, 2019 at 7:48pm

Is it possible to just buy one project. I really want to make the flat elephants, but I can’t swing a monthly membership right now. Please let me know if it would be possible to just buy the elephant files. Thank you, Mary

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1. Lia April 17, 2019 at 8:00pm
  
  Hi Mary, unfortunately we aren’t set up to sell single downloads. You can always pay for a monthly membership then cancel when you have downloaded the project(s) you want.
  
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  1. Mary McCarthy April 18, 2019 at 5:40pm
    
    Thanks Lia for the answer. I will definitely give it a go for one month. I wasn’t sure if you could cancel at any time. Your work is fabulous. Mary
    
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Karen September 10, 2018 at 10:10am

I love all these jungle animals! I am making them for my daughter’s new baby. I just need a lion and a zebra! Any chance those are coming up next? I thinking I can turn the unicorn into a zebra but the lion is a little harder to figure out.

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1. Lia September 10, 2018 at 12:35pm
  
  How cute! We do plan to add to our felt animals but no solid plans for a zebra or lion yet. I’ll add it to the idea list!
  
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Pearly May 25, 2018 at 10:23pm

thank you for sharing this lovely elephant! it’s so cute and i cannot wait to try it.

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1. Lia May 29, 2018 at 10:39am
  
  Thanks so much 🙂
  
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Charles Maria May 1, 2018 at 7:00am

Hello. The PDF for the felt elephant pattern will not download.

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1. Lia May 1, 2018 at 8:20am
  
  Hi! I have checked the file on my end and everything appears to be working fine. Depending on your computer settings, it may be opening the PDF in a new browser window instead of downloading to your computer, so check your pop-up blocker?
  
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  1. Jennifer Dedering March 31, 2020 at 12:12pm
    
    I have the same problem. If comes to an error that says the link is not correct. I tryed it with different browsers and computers but its always the same 🙁
    
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    1. Lia April 1, 2020 at 1:21pm
      
      Hi Jennifer,
      
      Could you please send a screenshot of the error you are receiving to hello@liagriffith.com so we can better assist you 🙂
      
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